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Yes? In California we adopted a streamlined process for new renewable connections. The first project was recently approved under the new lightweight process. It is being built by an irrigation district on a bunch of retired farmland.

https://www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-06/cec-approves-worlds-l...



"The Darden project, which is owned by IP Darden I, LLC, a subsidiary of Intersect Power" [0]

"Intersect has closed ~$6B in project financings and raised ~$2.1B in corporate equity to support the buildout of clean energy assets including data center opportunities across the U.S." [1]

Not exactly farmers. Solar farmers, perhaps.

[0] https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/06/13/largest-battery-stora...

[1] https://www.intersectpower.com/who-we-are/


Oh, note that Intersect Power has a commercial relationship with Google.

[0] https://blog.google/inside-google/infrastructure/new-approac...




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